X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fnfsdcld%2Fnfsdcld.man;h=9ddaf64c951b793d9a49a80a7c6187c5d1e7b0cf;hp=bad5f34d8e4f8763ce49aaa462e4c69cf27070c6;hb=623a550b16835685ddca3736a9a00218bd582a2f;hpb=b6a0ab1dfe85b84ab30a1b656a6bc88b9e025434 diff --git a/utils/nfsdcld/nfsdcld.man b/utils/nfsdcld/nfsdcld.man index bad5f34..9ddaf64 100644 --- a/utils/nfsdcld/nfsdcld.man +++ b/utils/nfsdcld/nfsdcld.man @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Runs the daemon in the foreground and prints all output to stderr Location of the \*(L"cld\*(R" upcall pipe. The default value is \&\fI/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfsd/cld\fR. If the pipe does not exist when the daemon starts then it will wait for it to be created. -.IP "\fB\-s\fR \fIstoragedir\fR, \fB\-\-storagedir\fR=\fIstorage_dir\fR" 4 +.IP "\fB\-s\fR \fIstorage_dir\fR, \fB\-\-storagedir\fR=\fIstorage_dir\fR" 4 .IX Item "-s storagedir, --storagedir=storage_dir" Directory where stable storage information should be kept. The default value is \fI/var/lib/nfs/nfsdcld\fR. @@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ This daemon requires a kernel that supports the nfsdcld upcall. If the kernel does not support the new upcall, or is using the legacy client name tracking code then it will not create the pipe that nfsdcld uses to talk to the kernel. +.PP +This daemon should be run as root, as the pipe that it uses to communicate +with the kernel is only accessable by root. The daemon however does drop all +superuser capabilities after starting. Because of this, the \fIstoragedir\fR +should be owned by root, and be readable and writable by owner. .SH "AUTHORS" .IX Header "AUTHORS" The nfsdcld daemon was developed by Jeff Layton .